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Unknown weather type: ${this.config.type}

Error message

Unknown weather type: ${this.config.type}

What it means

When using the One Call endpoint, openweathermap's #handleResponse switches on this.config.type to map the payload to current/daily/hourly weather objects. Unhandled types are logged and throw 'Unknown weather type'. This is a config validation error occurring after a successful API response.

Source

Thrown at defaultmodules/weather/providers/openweathermap.js:123

					this.locationName = data.timezone;
				}

				const onecallData = this.#generateWeatherObjectsFromOnecall(data);

				switch (this.config.type) {
					case "current":
						weatherData = onecallData.current;
						break;
					case "forecast":
					case "daily":
						weatherData = onecallData.days;
						break;
					case "hourly":
						weatherData = onecallData.hours;
						break;
					default:
						Log.error(`[openweathermap] Unknown type: ${this.config.type}`);
						throw new Error(`Unknown weather type: ${this.config.type}`);
				}
			} else if (this.config.weatherEndpoint === "/weather") {
				// Current weather endpoint (API v2.5)
				weatherData = this.#generateWeatherObjectFromCurrentWeather(data);
			} else if (this.config.weatherEndpoint === "/forecast") {
				// 3-hourly forecast endpoint (API v2.5)
				weatherData = this.config.type === "hourly"
					? this.#generateHourlyWeatherObjectsFromForecast(data)
					: this.#generateDailyWeatherObjectsFromForecast(data);
			} else {
				throw new Error(`Unknown weather endpoint: ${this.config.weatherEndpoint}`);
			}

			if (weatherData && this.onDataCallback) {
				this.onDataCallback(weatherData);
			}
		} catch (error) {
			Log.error("[openweathermap] Error processing weather data:", error);

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Solutions

1. Set config.type to 'current', 'daily' or 'hourly'
2. Fix typos/casing in the type value
3. Add validation of type before initialize()

Example fix

// before
config = { type: "minutely", ... }
// after
config = { type: "current", ... }

const OWM_TYPES = ["current", "daily", "hourly"];
if (!OWM_TYPES.includes(config.type)) throw new Error(`openweathermap type must be one of ${OWM_TYPES.join(" | ")}`);

const isOwmType = (t) => ["current", "daily", "hourly"].includes(t);

try {
  provider.initialize(config);
} catch (err) {
  if (err.message.startsWith("Unknown weather type:")) {
    console.error(`Set config.type to current/daily/hourly (got '${config.type}')`);
  } else throw err;
}

When it happens

Trigger: config.type contains a value outside the switch cases (e.g. 'minutely', 'alerts', typo) while weatherEndpoint is the One Call endpoint.

Common situations: Passing OpenWeather 'exclude' segments (minutely/alerts) as type by mistake; capitalization mismatch; config template not filled in.

Understand the failure class

Background: Invalid enum value errors: "Unknown type", "Invalid scope", "must be one of" — when a string is not on the library's allowed list — this error's family across 23 libraries.

Related errors

• Unknown weather endpoint: ${this.config.weatherEndpoint}
• Unknown weather type: ${this.config.type}
• Unknown weather type: ${this.config.type}
• setCallbacks() must be called before initialize()
• Latitude and longitude are required

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